1. Do I know exactly what I need to know to do this project? . fun facts . entertainment . something you know well . interest you . interest others . creative thinking . be indipendent
2.Finding
3.Using
4.Recording
5. Presentation: flying a Spitfire model and showing some information.
What is my question: 1. How to make a Spitfire model? 2. How do they fly? 3. What gives them the lift to fly?
What resources do I need: Card, Sellotape and scissors.
What do I already know? The model can't have straight wings because then it doesn't have any lift. A good model would have a round body.
What do I need to find out:
Where do planes get their lift from:
A plane engine pushes a plane forward fast. Air rushes over it's wings, and the top of the wing is curved making the air move faster over the top of the wing. This creates low pressure and it sucks the plane up. Under the wing is slower air so it creates high pressure, that high pressure pushes the plane up.
Here is a picture to explain it better:
When was the Spitfire invented and why it was made:
The Spitfire plane was invented in 1938 by R.J. Mitchell. R.J. Mitchell died of cancer before World War 2 began. The Spitfire was made to fight the German soldiers in World War 2.
How fast the spitfire could fly:
The highest speed that the spitfire plane can reach is 606 kilometres per hour. What made it go that fast, is it's propeller and it's powerful engines.
Where was the spitfire made:
The Spitfire was made in England and other parts of Great Britain.
1. Do I know exactly what I need to know to do this project?
. fun facts
. entertainment
. something you know well
. interest you
. interest others
. creative thinking
. be indipendent
2.Finding
3.Using
4.Recording
5. Presentation:
flying a Spitfire model and showing some information.
What is my question:
1. How to make a Spitfire model?
2. How do they fly?
3. What gives them the lift to fly?
What resources do I need:
Card, Sellotape and scissors.
What do I already know?
The model can't have straight wings because then it doesn't have any lift.
A good model would have a round body.
What do I need to find out:
Where do planes get their lift from:
A plane engine pushes a plane forward fast. Air rushes over it's wings, and the top of the wing is curved making the air move faster over the top of the wing. This creates low pressure and it sucks the plane up. Under the wing is slower air so it creates high pressure, that high pressure pushes the plane up.Here is a picture to explain it better:
When was the Spitfire invented and why it was made:
The Spitfire plane was invented in 1938 by R.J. Mitchell. R.J. Mitchell died of cancer before World War 2 began. The Spitfire was made to fight the German soldiers in World War 2.How fast the spitfire could fly:
The highest speed that the spitfire plane can reach is 606 kilometres per hour. What made it go that fast,is it's propeller and it's powerful engines.
Where was the spitfire made:
The Spitfire was made in England and other parts of Great Britain.Here is a video of a Spitfire: